Re: Copyright assignment requirement

[Luboš Doležel]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:10:24 +0100, Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> On the issue of copyright my feeling is similar but different;
> I know people hate the admin process of doing the copyright
> assignment (much more than people disliking the principle, though
> there are a few of those too), but we need the copyright to be
> assigned to the FSF (or some similar arrangement to ensure that all
> code in the project is legitimately released under the LGPL license 
> we
> are using) because otherwise the companies I deal with really might
> have a problem using GNUstep.

In my opinion, FSF should seriously reconsider the assignment process, 
because it is invalid for most of Europe probably.
Around here, I can grant you an exclusive license with the permission 
to (re)license the code, but I can never assign the copyright to someone 
else. This is only possible if I were an employee of FSF or if I died 
and assigned the rights in my last will.

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Luboš Doležel